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back·stitch (-stic̸h′)
noun
a stitch made by doubling the thread back on part of the previous stitch
transitive verb, intransitive verb
to sew with backstitches
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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